{"id":262596,"date":"2020-07-23T03:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T07:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=262596"},"modified":"2020-07-23T03:11:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T07:11:30","slug":"non-essential-outbound-travel-suspended-anew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/23\/non-essential-outbound-travel-suspended-anew\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-essential outbound travel suspended anew"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: A security guard checks the body temperature of passengers before entering the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City as it resumed operations for international flights on Wednesday (July 8, 2020). (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Non-essential outbound travel has been suspended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) anew, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a virtual Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said non-essential outbound travel was suspended because only one travel and health insurance company has agreed to cover rebooking and accommodation expenses if passenger is stranded and hospitalized due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19).<\/p>\n

\u201cAng malungkot na balita po, iisang<\/em>\u00a0insurance company\u00a0lamang sa Pilipinas ang pumayag ng ganitong<\/em>\u00a0travel and health insurance\u00a0kaya sinuspendi muna ng<\/em>\u00a0IATF\u00a0ang non-essential<\/em>\u00a0outbound travel (The sad news is that only one insurance company in the Philippines agreed to this travel and health insurance that\u2019s why the IATF suspended non-essential outbound travel),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque did not name the travel and health insurance firm that agreed to cover expenses in case a passenger is infected with Covid-19.<\/p>\n

However, he said passengers with confirmed bookings as of July 20 will be allowed to travel outside the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuspendido muna po ang<\/em>\u00a0non-essential travel\u00a0hanggang makahanap po tayo ng mas maraming<\/em>\u00a0insurance companies (Non-essential travel will be suspended until we find more insurance companies willing to provide coverage),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said he will leave the job of encouraging more travel and health insurance companies to the Insurance Commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cIpadadala po natin ang<\/em>\u00a0communication\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0Insurance Commission\u00a0para sila na po ang humingi sa mga<\/em>\u00a0insurance companies\u00a0na kinakailangan magbigay ng ganitong<\/em>\u00a0insurance coverage (We will send the communication to the Insurance Commission so that they will ask insurance companies to give this type of insurance coverage),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the IATF lifted the ban on non-essential outbound travel imposed last March due to Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

Non-essential travel was initially allowed as long as passengers submit confirmed round-trip tickets for those traveling on tourist visas, travel and health insurance, proof of allowed entry by the destination country, and a declaration acknowledging the risks involved in traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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